Recently the benefits of tea has been all the rage in news articles, blogs, daytime talk shows and more. You can’t go a week without some self proclaimed health guru extolling the benefits of green tea extract, or black tea extract or white tea extract. Pills abound for these and other extracts like coffee and red wine, all proclaiming to be the cure for aging, or heart disease, or some other health problem.
What is the average person to think? Tea in general has been one of the world’s most popular beverages for centuries. Tea has become ingrained in cultures throughout the world in daily life, in ceremonies, and in popular culture.
Tea as it turns out is quite the beverage and plant. It does have health benefits and can be used in many ways beyond your morning pick me up!
Here are 10 Things You Might Not Know About White Tea
- The tea that we think of today as white tea only came into popular use in the last two centuries
- White tea is grown primarily in the Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces in China
- White Tea contains the same health effects of Black and Green teas but White Tea contains more antioxidants than both Black and Green Teas
- A group of antioxidants in white tea have been shown to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure
- A Pace University study showed that white tea can slow the growth of certain viruses
- White tea is often used in Aromatherapy treatments often in conjunction with Ginger to treat, nausea, flu symptoms, shyness, physical and emotional fatigue
- White Tea comes in several varieties including, White Peony, Silver Needle, and Long Life Eyebrow
- White Tea is often used in cosmetics, soaps and beauty products due to its potential to reduce skin aging and inflammation
- Can be used in a variety of culinary treats from cakes to soups and more – and of course makes a great beverage!
- You can use white tea leaves in place of wood chips in your kitchen smoker!
At New Hope Soap we combine white tea with lilac in our 6.5 oz signature soap bars. They come in one, two, three and four bar decorative boxes and can be personalized by engraving a monogram, and initial, a name or a graphic symbol. In addition to being wonderfully fragrant they will leave your skin feeling silky smooth. They make great personalized Bridesmaid gifts!
